The "great awakening" was a) a phrase used to justify the institution of slavery as being beneficial to african-americans. b) the movement to educate women in early colonial america for more active roles in raising children. c) a series of religious revivals that swept across the american colonies in the middle of the 18th century. eliminate d) the spreading of the abolitionist movement in response to the harriet beecher stowe novel, uncle tom's cabin.

C) a series of religious revivals that swept across the American colonies in the middle of the 18th Century.

Explanation:

Between 1720 and 1770, a Christian revitalization movement, called the First Great Awakening, impacted colonial America with the Word of God. Far from traditional rituals and ceremonies, it was characterized as a great evangelizing wave that conveyed the good news through many preaching sessions conducted in many cases outdoors. It was a revolutionary form of faith that fostered a deep spiritual sense through introspection and offered the light of the Gospel to Native Americans and slaves from Africa.

The First Great Awakening, which placed the Scriptures above human reason, was also part of a much broader religious restoration current, an evangelical revival that took place simultaneously on the other side of the Atlantic, especially in England, Scotland and Germany. In all these nations during the central decades of the 18th century, a new era of faith arose to counter the currents of the Age of Enlightenment. The main objective was to reaffirm that true religiosity meant trusting with the heart and not with the head.